Managing Director, Talent

at  Teach For America

YOUR EXPERIENCE

The following types of professional experiences have lent themselves well to this work and our team:

Minimally, we’re seeking applicants with:

• At least seven years of professional experience with a record of impact in a client-services role and/or leading culture, talent, and/or DEI initiatives
• Significant experience leading high-level, complex organizational initiatives with a strong emphasis on talent, diversity, inclusion, equity, and/or antiracism
• Proven success in talent acquisition

Additionally, we’d welcome – and prefer – the following:

• Ten years of professional experience
• Experience working in the U.S. nonprofit and/or education sector, particularly those related to the challenges facing people from historically marginalized identities
• Experience leading and thriving during times of organizational change

To perform the job successfully, candidates will need to demonstrate the following orientations and mindsets:
Results-Driven: You are focused on outcomes (both quantitative and qualitative). You hold yourself and others to agreed-upon standards and you clearly define what it is you are trying to accomplish with a deliverable or contribution to the work/project. You develop and execute a strategic pathway forward so that you can deliver high-quality short-term results/deliverables and build capacity for longer term results.
Culture Keeper: You build relationships with colleagues demonstrating curiosity about others’ background and perspectives. You express interest in the team’s well-being and care. You leverage and celebrate differences. People who know you and work with you feel valued and respected. You accept and support your teammates in all of their humanity. You strive for the collective best, you see yourself as part of a team and recognize your impact on that team with a sense of possibility, adaptability, and optimism, as well as with responsibility. You feel a degree of ownership for the success of the team and the organization, and not just for your own success.
Feedback: You bring a growth mindset and curiosity to giving and receiving feedback. You offer honest, actionable, and timely feedback through the appropriate channels specific to the work or deliverable expectations using an equity-conscious lens. You strive to internalize and incorporate developmental feedback and ask questions to seek clarity when needed. You actively seek out and receive feedback from others when appropriate with the intent of growing professionally and enhancing work products.
Adaptability: You approach new ideas, changes in work, or challenges with a sense of possibility and a solutions-based attitude. You have the ability to adapt to various working and management styles. You have the ability to tailor approaches to projects across multiple types of natural tensions, including: speed vs. quality, repeat/copy-paste vs. customization, and physical deliverable vs facilitation. You develop innovative solutions when challenges arise.
Self-Awareness: You know where your skills are strong, where you need resources and support, and you actively seek to understand these things. You possess an awareness of your own feelings, thoughts, and behaviors and their impact on others and work to positively impact others/mitigate harmful impact. You know where the boundaries of your experiences and vantage points are and you acknowledge that you have limits to what you can see. You know when to pull back vs. lean in in various settings. You demonstrate humility. You have the ability to both voice and navigate tensions with colleagues related to things like bandwidth, availability, and accessibility.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

At Teach For America, we are inspired by a single mission – one day, all children will have access to an excellent education. In pursuit of that mission, we are looking for a Managing Director, Talent to support the dynamic talent recruitment needs of our rapidly transforming organization by ensuring high impact, equity oriented, diverse talent is in the right role at the right time. A large part of this role is to ensure that Teach For America identifies, attracts and secures diverse talent for strategic positions to propel the organization towards its ambitious 2030 goal. You will be hands-on in sourcing and attracting candidates, keeping a pulse on the talent market and executing an exceptional process for our strategic hires.
The Managing Director, Talent reports to the Vice President, People.

WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Co-optimizing and executing on an end-to-end talent acquisition system for executive level, full-time, part-time and seasonal practicum staff roles
• Maintaining understanding of innovative recruitment tools, technologies, and best practices, while staying up to date on trends in field
• Optimizing the Workday partnership, platform, and functionality for enhanced user experience and increased data and analytics to inform strategy and improve hiring process
• Supporting the creation and delivery of a narrative that allows Teach For America to attract and retain top talent; ground Teach For America’s employee value proposition and employer brand in a holistic understanding of our staff culture and experience
• Partnering with key stakeholders to develop a detailed profile of target candidates and implement tactical resource planning (both immediate and long-term).
• Leading briefing sessions with hiring managers to fully understand role and person specifications, appropriate target companies, skills and behaviors required etc.
• Creating and nurturing an engaged pool of potential and existing candidates, keeping them and the organization aware of potential opportunities.
• Building out talent networks across the industry, and adjacent sectors, and providing market insight and intelligence to the business.
• Participating in update meetings on active searches, providing status reports and presentations where necessary.
• Conducting initial shortlisting interviews; clearly positioning role requirements and opportunity whilst articulating our purpose and values.
• Building positive relationships with both hiring managers and candidates by promoting our value proposition and offering outstanding candidate experience throughout the selection process.
• Helping to drive Teach For America’s racial equity principals and initiatives throughout recruitment processes.
• Using TA technology to develop and nurture a pipeline of candidates (Workday Recruiter)
• Ensuring recruitment marketing materials are in line with our brand and tone of voice.